IS 940:2003

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Indian Standard
PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, WATER TYPE (GAS CARTRIDGE) -SPECIFICATION

(Fourh Revision)

ICS 33.220.10

0 BIS 2003

BUREAU
MANAK

OF
BHAVAN,

INDIAN

STANDARDS
ZAFAR MARG

9 BAHADUR SHAH NEW DELHI 110002

May 2003

Price Group 4

Fire Fighting Sectional Committee, CED 22

FOREWORD This Indian Standard ( Fourth Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Fire Fighting Sectional Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council. Portable fire extinguisher, water type (gas cartridge) is one of the types of the tire extinguishers used as first-aid fire fighting appliance. This type of extinguisher is suitable for fighting fires in Class A fires, that is, in wood, textiles, paper, etc. The details in regard to maintenance of this appliance in efticient condition are given in IS 2190 Code of practice for selection, installation and maintenance of portable first-aid fire extinguishers (third
revision).

This standard was first published in 1961 and subsequently revised in 1972, 1976 and 1989. In this revision, the principal modifications made are in respect of providing cap having squeeze grip type COZgas cartridge puncture mechanism and also on-off control discharge. Squeeze grip type cap has following advantages over the conventional cap: a) It is safe in operation as the operation need not hit the knob with force by hand. b) The discharge can be halted and restarted at the will of the operator. c) It has built in operation lever and carrying handle. Other a) b) c) d) e) modifications made are as follows: Stainless steel body is included to provide resistance from corrosion and good aesthetic appearance. Internal plastic lining of the extinguisher to avoid corrosion in usage. Type test for leaded tin alloy coating and stainless steel bodies have been incorporated. Epoxy powde- coating for external surface is included to improve the scratch hardness, life and aesthetics. Provision of thickness of body in accordance with bursting formulae.

In addition to above various provisions have been updated which are based on experience gained in the use of this appliance in the past. A scheme for Iabelling environment friendly products known as ECO-Mark has been introduced at the instance of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF), Government of India. The ECO-Mark would be administered by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the BLSACI,1986 as per the Resolution No. 71 dated21 February 1991 and No. 425 dated 28 October 1992 published in the Gazette of the Government of India. For a product to be eligible for marking with ECO logo, it shall also carry the 1S1Mark of BIS besides meetinq additional optional environment friendly requirements. For this purpose, the Standard Mark of BIS would be a single mark being a combination of the 1S1Mark and the ECO logo. Requirements to be satisfied for a product to quali~ for the BIS Standard Mark for ECO friendliness are optional; manufacturing units are free to opt for the IS Mark alone also . This clause is based on the Gazette Notification No. 160 dated 1 April 1999 for fire extinguishers as environment friendly products published in the Gazette of the Government of India. For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with IS 2:1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised. The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.

IS 940:2003

Indian Standard
PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, WATER TYPE (GAS CARTRIDGE) -SPECIFICATION

(Fourth Revision )
1 SCOPE This standard lays down the requirements regarding principle, capacity, material, shape, design, construction, anti-corrosive treatment and tests of portable water type fire extinguisher. 2 REFERENCES The standards given in Annex A contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards given in Annex D. 3 PRINCIPLE
3.1 AND DESIGN

ellipsoidal or torispherical and circumferentially welded together. A cylindrical skirt having minimum 25 mm height shall be welded to the bottom dish. The welding shall be done by an electric arc welding process and shall conform to IS 2825. 7.1.2 Where carrying handle and/or supporting fittings are fitted to the body, these shall be either welded or brazed. The carrying handle shall be made of mild steel or stainless steel rod not less than 6 mm in diameter or fabricated out of mild steel or stainless steel sheets of same thickness as the body and the clamp shall be of mild steel or stainless steel thickness of 3 mm, minimum. 7.2 Body
The material used in the construction of extinguisher

The extinguisher shall be upright type, thus operated by holding the extinguisher upright and piercing the gas cartridge by applying pressure on plunger or by pressing the squeeze grip thereby discharging the contents. 3.2 During the operation, the jet, where possible, should be able to strike the burning surface and engulf fire. 4 CAPACITY The liquid capacity of the extinguisher when filled to the specified level indicated in exterior of the body shall be 9.0 + 0.5 litre. 5 MATERIAL The materials for the construction of various parts of the fire extinguisher shall be as given in Table 1. 6 SHAPE The shape of the body shall be cylindrical with an outside diameter of 175 + 5 mm. 7 CONSTRUCTION 7.1 General 7.1.1 The cylinder shall be of welded construction having cold or hot drawn cylindrical portion with hemispherical ellipsoidal or torispherical ends welded to it or two halves (upper half shorter) cold or hot drawn having dome and bottom dish of hemi-spherical or

bodies shall be weldable. The filler materials shall be compatible to the body steel to give good welds. Minimum wall thickness of the body shall be calculated using the formula: a) For carbon steel bodies, * 360
D

+().7

b) For austenitic stainless steel bodies, ~= where

t = minimum thickness, in mm; and

D 600 + 0.3

D = external diameter of the body, in mm. 7.3 Neck Ring The neck ring of 57 mm (G 2%) for bang on type and of 63 mm (G 2Y.) for squeeze grip type shall be firmly secured by brazing or welding. A parallel screw thread for the attachment of cap shall be not less than 16 mm in effective length and the thread shall be in accordance with IS 2643 with Class A tolerance. 7.4 Syphon Tube and Strainer The syphon tube with strainer at free end shall be fitted inside the body. In case of squeeze grip type, syphon tube shall be fitted in the cap.

IS 940:2003 Table 1 Material of Construction of Various Parts of Fire Extinguisher

( Clause 5 )
S1 No. (1) i) Body

Component (2) O
ii) i) ii) iii)

Materials (3)
Mild steel sheet Stainless steel sheet Brass tube Stainless steel tube Plastic pipe Lead tin bronze Seamless mild steel

Relevant Indian Standards (4)

Minimum 1S 5522
Alloy No.

Grade D of IS 513

ii)

Syphon tube

2 of IS 407

IS 6913 IS 4985 Grade LTB2of1S318 Seamless mild steel tubes having srdphur and phosphoms not exceeding 0.05 percent

iii)

Neck ring

i) ii)

iii) iv) Cap i) ii) iii) v) Cap body i) ii) iii) vi) Check nut i) ii) iii) vii) Cap washer (0 ring)

Stainless steel Aluminium Brass Leaded tin-bronze Leaded tin-bronze Stainless steel Ahrminium die-cast die-cast

IS 6913 IS 11804 Grade FLB of IS 6912 Gmde LTB20fIS Grsde LTB20fIS Grade 1 of IS 3444 IS 617 Grade LTB 2 of IS 318 Type. 1 of IS 319 IS 6529 IS 937 conforming to requirement of hardness as applicable to Type 3 of IS 5382 and rdso acid and alkali resistant test (see Note) 318 318

Leaded tin bronze Brass Stainless steel Rubber

viii)

Cartridge holder, knob, discharge fittings and plunger

O ii) iii)

Brass Lead tin bronze Stainless steel

Type 1 of IS319 Gmde LTB20fIS318 IS 6528 IS 6528 IS 6528 Type 1 of LS 319

ix) x)

Piercer Plunger

Stainless steel i) ii) Stainless steel Brass Mild steel Ahsminium Plastic

xi)

Squeeze grip handle

i) ii) iii)

1s513
IS 737 1S 7328 Grade I of IS 4454 (Part 1) Grade 1 of IS 2507

xii) xiii) xiv)

Spring Safety clip Snifter valve

Spring steel wire Steel i) ii) Brass Stainless steel Brass Lead tin bronze Plastic Ahsminium Bass sheet Plastic Stainless steel sheet

Type 1 of IS 319 Grade 04Cr 18 Ni10 of 1S 6603 Type 1 oflS 319

xv)

Nozzle and discharge fittings

i) ii) iii) iv)

Grade LTB 2 of IS 318 IS 7328 1S617 GmdeCuZn37of1S410 1S 7328 1S 5522 Shall have a minimum bursting pressure of 4 MN/m (40 kgf7cm2)

xvi)

Strainer

i) ii) iii)

xvii)

Hose

Braided robber/plastic

xviii)

Gas cartridge

IS 4947

NOTE When a piece of 2.5 cm cut from any portion is dipped in 20 percent sulphuric acid 5 percent sodium hydroxide solution for 30 min. there shali be no sign of corrosion d&age.

IS 940:2003
7.5 Cap 7.5.1 For fixing the cap to the neck the cap shall be screwed on the body up to a minimum of 16 mm effective length. The size of parallel thread shall suit the neck ring (see 7.3). At least 3 holes of not less than 2.5 mm diameter shall be drilled through the threaded portion of the cap to form vents. The centres of the vent holes shall be 6.5 mm, Mm apart from the exposed face of the cap joint washer.

is operated. A safety clip shall be provided to prevent accidental operation ofthe piercing mechanism. 8 ANTI-CORROSIVE TREATMENT

8.1 All internal surfaces of the mild steel body shall be completely coated with plastic or rubber lining of a minimum thickness of O.5mm. The internal lining shall be subjected to the following test. 8.2 Test for Plastic Lining
a) Test for Adhesion of Plastic Lining (Type Test)

7.5.2 For squeeze grip type, a cap having squeeze grip type COz gas cartridge puncture mechanism and also on/off control discharge shall be provided. A swivel coupler nut shall be provided to screw up the cap on the neck ring. 7.6 Nozzle The design of the nozzle and the area of the orifice shall be such that it satisfies the performance requirements given in 10.3. The nozzle may be fixed either to the body or to a hose or to cap. 7.6.1 The hose (if provided) shall be of not less than 8 mm bore and length not less than 600 mm. 7.7 Expansion Space An air space shall be provided in the body above the specified liquid level which shall be of sufficient volume to ensure that when the discharge nozzle is temporarily closed and the extinguisher put into operation at a temperature of 27 * 5 C, the internal pressure exerted shall not exceed 1.5 MN/m2. 7.8 Snifter Valve (Breather Device) A snifter valve shall be fitted to extinguisher. The design of the snifter valve shall be such that in the variation of atmospheric temperature within + 10 C, there shall not be any spouting of liquid through the nozzle. 7.9 Gas Cartridge and Cartridge Holder A cartridge holder shall be provided and fitted inside the cap in such a way that the cartridge seal piercing mechanism passes through its centre and shall puncture the cartridge clean when the cartridge is fitted to this holder. The threads shall be provided in the holder , and these shall correspond to the threads of gas cartridge (see IS 4947). Pot holes shall also be provided in the cartridge holder. The maximum size of gas cartridge shall be 60 g. 7.10 Plunger Rod and Piercing Mechanism The plunger rod shall be of such a length that it has a minimum stroke of 7 mm. A spring load piercing device shall be provided in the plunger for piercing the seal of the gas cartridge when fitted to the cartridge holder. The puncturing end shall be designed so as to ensure a clear opening in the cartridge seal when pierce 3

Subject the unfilled extinguisher to a pressure 15 kgf/cm2 and store for 120 * 4 hat 28 + 5C. Release the pressure and examine the extinguisher internally for cracking, separation from the wall of the body or lifting of the lining, and bubbles between the lining and the body. b) Test for Continuity of Plastic Lining Fill the extinguisher body to within 10 mm of the top of the lining with a 1 percent (m/m) solution of sodium chloride in water containing sufficient hydrocarbon surfactant to reduce the surface tension of the solution to less than 40 MN/m. Check the lining for continuity by the application of a 500 + 50 M insulation resistance test across the lining through connections made to the metal body and to an electrode introduced into the solution in the extinguisher body. 8.3 Phosphating in accordance with the provisions of IS 3618 maybe applied on the external surface of the body as an alternative. 8.4 Epoxy polyester powder coating of 50 micron thickness may also be applied on internal and external surfaces of the mild steel body. 9 PAINTING
9.1 Each extinguisher body except stainless steel body

shall be painted Fire Red. or Post OffIce red as per shade 536 or 537 of IS 5, either by epoxy powder coating or synthetic enamel paint. Stainless steel body shall be buffed. 9.2 A large size picture showing a man operating the extinguisher in the correct manner shall be shown on the body of the extinguisher (see 3.2). 9.3 The extinguisher shall be marked with the letter CA indicating the suitability of the unit for Class A fires as laid down in IS 2190. The letter A shall be 2.5 + 0.5 cm in height, painted in black colour centrally inside an equilateral triangle of side 5.0+ 0.5 cm. The triangle shall be coloured golden yellow. 9.4 The paint shall conform to IS 2932.
10 TEST REQUIREMENT 10.1

The extinguisher body and the cap assembly

IS 940:2003

shall be tested to an internal hydraulic pressure of 3.0 MN/cm2(30kgf/cm2) for aperiod of2min. During the test it shall not show any sign of leakage.
NOTE The testing maybe done either with cap or without cap and in the latter case, the cap shall be tested separately. 10.2 In case of hydraulic burst test for the extinguisher, mechanical failure shall not occur at a pressure less than 4.5 MN/m2 (45 kgf/cm2). NOTE The test shall be done through discharge fittings with the cap assembly. 10.3 When the extinguisher is set in operation under normal temperature conditions of 27+ 5C with a stream starting in horizontal direction in wind-free condition, the water shall be expelled in the form ofjet which shall maintain an effective throw of not less than 6 m for the minimum period of 60 s provided that at least 95 percent of water is discharged from the extinguisher within the maximum period of 120s.

11.2 Specific Requirements 11.2.1 The fwe extinguisher shall not contain any ozone depleting substance (ODS) relevant to fire extinguishers industry as identified under the montreal protocol (see Annex B).

11.2.2 Gas based extinguishing media once discharged in the atmosphere should not have atmospheric lifetime of more than a year (see Annex C)
11.2.3 Chemical used should not have global warming potential (see Annex D) 11.2.4 The metallic body and other metal parts of the fire extinguishers shall be free of lead or lead alloys. 11.2.5 The coating used for the metallic part shall not be formulated with mercury and mercury compounds or be tinted with pigments of lead, cadmium, chromium VI and their oxides. Excluded are natural impurities entailed by the production process up to the amount 0.1 percent by weight which are contained in the raw material.
NOTECOl extinguishers may be permitted till suitable substitutes are available.

10.4 The fire extinguisher after subjecting to the tests laid down in 10.1 and 10.3 shall be thoroughly cleaned with water, water shall then be completely drained off and the extinguisher retained in this condition for 24 h. At the end of this period, the interior shall be free from any trace of rust. 11 OPTIONAL
ECO-MARK 11.1 General Requirements 11.1.1 Any fire extinguisher having BIS Standard Mark qualifies for consideration of ECO-Mark. REQUIREMENTS FOR

12 MARKING
12.1 Each extinguisher shall be clearly and permanently marked with the following information in addition to that given in 9.2 and 9.3:

a) Manufacturers name or trade-mark, if any; b) Method of operation in prominent letters; c) The words Water type (Gas cartridge) prominent letters; d) The size of gas cartridge used; e) Liquid level to which the extinguisher is to be charged; f) The words Tested to a hydraulic pressure 3 MN/ mz (30 kgf/cm2)-;and g) Year of manufacture.
12.2 BIS Certification Marking

in

The products manufacturer must produce the consent clearance as per provision of the Water
1 I.1.2 (Prevention & Control of Pollution Act, 1974), Water (Prevention & Control ofPollution CessAct, 1977) and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution Act, 1981)

respectively, alongwith authorization if required under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the rules made thereunder to the Bureau of Indian Standards while applying for ECO-Mark. 11.1.3 The product may display in brief the criteria based on which the product has been awarded ECOMark. 11.1.4 The product may carry alongwith instructions for proper use so as to maximize product performance with statutory warning, if any, minimize waste and method of safe disposal. 11.1.5 The material used for product packaging (excluding refills) shall be recyclable, reusable or biodegradable. The product must display a list of critical ingredients in descending order of quantity present in percent by weight. The list of such critical ingredients shall be identified by the Bureau of Indian Standards.
11.1.6
4

The extinguisher may also be marked with the Standard Mark. 12.2.1 The use of the Standard Mark is governed by the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards made Act, 1986 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder. Details of conditions under which a licence for the use of the Standard Mark may be granted to manufacturers or producers maybe obtained from the Bureau of Indbn Standards.

13 SAMPLING

AND CRITERIA CONFORMITY

FOR

The details of sampling and criteria for conformity is given in Amex E.

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ANNEX A ( Clause 2 )
LIST OF REFERRED INDIAN STANDARDS

IS No.

Title

IS No.

Title

5:1994 318:1981 319:1989

Colours for ready mixed paints and enamels ~otfrth revision) Specification for leaded tin bronze ingots and castings (secorzdrevision) Free cutting leaded brass bars, rods and sections Specification ~ourth
revision)

3444:1999

Corrision resistant high alloy steel and nickel base casting for general applications Specification (third
revision)

3618:1966

Specification for phosphate treatment of iron and steel for protection against corrosion Specification for steel wires for mechanical springs:

407:1981 410:1977 513:1994 617:1994

Specification for brass tubes for general purposes (third revision) Cold rolled brass sheet, strip and foil
(third revision)

4454

(Part 1): 2001 Patented and cold drawn steel wires Unalloyd (third revision) 4947:1985 4985:2000 Specification for gas cartridge for use in fre extinguisher (secondrevision) Unplasticized PVC pipes for potable water supplies Specification
(third revision)

Cold rolled low carbon steel sheets and strips @rth revision) Aluminium and aluminium alloy ingots and castings for general engineering purposes (thirdrevision) Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloy sheet and strip for general engineering purposes (thirdrevision) Specification for washers for water fittings for fire fighting purposes
(second revision)

737:1986

5382:1985

Specification for rubber sealing rings for gas mains, water mains and sewers (first revision) Stainless steel sheets and strips for utensils (second revision) Stainless steel wire (/irst revision) Steelness steel blooms, billets and slabs for forging (first revision) Stainless steel bars and flats Specification (jlrst revision) Copper and copper alloy forging stock and forgings (first revision) Stainless steel tubes for the food and beverage industry High density polyethylene materials for moulding and extrusion Specification (first revision) Code of practice for manufacture of aluminium alloy pressure die castings

937:1981

5522:1992 6528:1995 6529:1996 6603:1972 6912:1985 6913:1973 7328:1992

2190:

992

and Selection, installation maintenance of first-aid fire extinguishers Code of practice

(third revision)

2507:

975

Cold rolled steel strip for springs

@-st revision)

2643:1999

Pipe threads where pressure-tight joints are not made on the threads Dimensions, tolerance and designation (second revision) Code of unfired pressure vessels Enamel, synthetic, exterior (a) undercoating, (b) finishing Specification
(second revision)

2825:1969 2932:1993

11804:1986

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ANNEX B

( Clause 11.2.1 )
LIST OF OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) CONTROLLED BY MONTREAL PROTOCOL Trade Name ODP (2) 3.0

(1) HaIon 1211 HaIon 1301 HaIon 2402 CFC11 CFC 12 CFC- 113 CFC 114 CFC 115 ccl, C,H,Cl, CFC13 CFC 111 CFC 112 CFC211 CFC212 CFC-213 CFC214 CFC215 CFC216 CFC-217 Methyl Bromide
NOTE ODP values are relative to CFC-11 which has been assigned arbitrary value of 1.0.

10.0
6.0

1.0 1.0
0.8

1.0
0.6

1.1 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 I.0 0.6

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ANNEX C ( Clause11 .2.2)

LIST OF ATMOSPHERIC Trade Name (1) LIFE TIME OF GAS-BASED AGENTS Lfe Time (Year) (3) <1
&y

Designation (2) (CF31)

Atmospheric

Halon- 13001 NAFS 111 FE 25 FE241 FE 36 FE 13 FM 200 CEA 410 Halon 1301 Inergen Argonite Argon

HCFC (Blend A) HCFC -125 FCFC -124 HFC-227 fa HFC-23 HFC-227 ea FC-3-1-1O Halon 1301 IG 541 IG 55 IGO1

12 36 6 250 250 41 2600 65

ANNEX D ( Clauses 2 and 11.2.3)

LIST OF SUBSTANCES Trade Name (1) HAVING GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL CO* (GWP)

G WP (100 year) Vkws (2) 5600

HaIon 1301 Inergen Argonite Argon CEA41O FM 200 FE 13 n FE 36 FE241 FE 25 NAFS HI CF31

5500 3300 12100 8000 480 3200 1450 <5

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ANNEX

( Clause 13 )
SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY Table 2 Sample Size for Lots Produced Quality Control System (Clause E -1.2.2)
S1 No. No.

E-O GENERAL
E-O.I The risk involved in failure of a fwe extinguisher to work when needed is extremely large. Fire extinguisher, therefore, ought to have a high degree of reliability of performance during the entire specified period of its service. It can be achieved only through adequate design and control in all stages of manufacture and assembly. E-1 SAMPLING E-1.l Lot

Under

of Items in the Lot

(2)

Sample Size

(1) i) ii) iii) iv)

(3) 25 50 3 5 8 8 percent

up to
26 to

51 to 100 101 to 200

All portable fire extinguishers of the same type, shape, design and capacity produced by the same manufacturer from similar materials under ahnost identical conditions of manufacture shall be grouped together to constitute a lot. E-1.2 Each lot shall be considered individually for the purpose of evaluation of quality in accordance with this specification. E-1.2.1 The number of samples for testing to be taken at random from a lot and the criteria for conformity shall be as given in E-1.2.2 and E-1.2.3. E-1.2.2 For each lot, a number of samples as indicated in CO1 2 of Table 2 shall be selected at random. They shall be examined visually as far as possible in respect of requirements specified in 3 to 9 except 7.7 and then in respect of hydraulic pressure test (see 10.1) and corrosion test (see 10.4).
E-1 .2.3

E-1.2.4 All the samples tested shall pass these tests for the lot to be declared to conform to these requirements.

E-1.2.5 For expansion test as per 7.7, one sample shall be tested from each lot. E-1.2.6 In respect of performance test (see 10.3) and expansion space (see 7.9 ), one sample shall be tested for these properties and the sample shall pass these tests for the lot to be declared to conform to this requirement. E-1.2.7 In respect of bursting pressure (see 10.2), type test shall be done and this could conform to the requirements laid down in the specification. E-1.2.8 In the absence of a certificate from manufacturer about the conformity of various components ( see 5.1 ) to this specification from a sample fire extinguisher, one item each shall b.e taken separately and examined individually with respect to the relevant requirement of this specification. These shall constitute the type tests.

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